20.500.12556/DKUM-92136 Investigating the effectiveness of endogenous and exogenous drivers of the sustainability (re)orientation of family SMEs in Slovenia qualitative content analysis approach Large proportions of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are family controlled and play an important role not only in the development of many national economies, but also have great potential to reduce negative effects of human activities on the natural environment and society. This important role of family SMEs has been recognized by the European Union (EU) which has integrated them in its legislative frameworks. The main question addressed in our research is whether family SMEs integrate sustainability concerns into their strategic and operative decisions as required by the EU legislative frameworks. We designed our research with the purpose to broaden our understanding of sustainability (re)orientation of family SMEs and fill the gap in the existing literature on family businesses’ sustainability. We applied a qualitative case study research method where sustainability (re)orientation of 26 family SMEs was explored. The qualitative content analysis was used in the process of analysing data. Theoretically and empirically based cognitions on endogenous and exogenous drivers of the family businesses’ sustainability (re)orientation were applied in interpretation of the research results. Our findings show the low level of sustainability (re)orientation of most of the investigated Slovenian family SMEs. The exogenous drivers have stronger effect on sustainability (re)orientation of family SMEs than endogenous drivers. family business sustainability (re)orientation socioemotional wealth endogenous drivers of sustainability exogenous drivers of sustainability qualitative content analysis EU legislative framework CSRD CSDDD true false true MDPI Angleški jezik Angleški jezik Znanstveno delo 2025-03-14 03:26:12 2025-07-02 10:48:06 2025-08-29 13:05:24 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2024 0 0 str. 1-27 issue 17, [art. no.] 7285 Vol. 16 2024 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno apc 2024-07-29 2024-08-22 2024-08-24 005.9 205206019 10.3390/su16177285 2071-1050 https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/16/17/7285 1 b3042b85-007b-11f0-9c63-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=189343 Investigating_the_Effectiveness_of_Endogenous_and_Exogenous.pdf Investigating_the_Effectiveness_of_Endogenous_and_Exogenous.pdf 1 81A35AF2A6EF53727207EA37CB3926AA 38b441dd2319343240022f0f47d93e44602a3e7e993371c8066e87292f0f6393 37c9af5b-5721-11f0-bb83-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=193114 Ekonomsko-poslovna fakulteta 0 0 0